Biography Movies

Death Is My Trade

71/100

The disturbing biography of Auschwitz commander Rudolf Höss.

James Dean

62/100

A dramatization of the story of legendary movie actor James Dean. The film's writer, William Bast, had roomed with Dean in the early '50s, when both were trying to break into films as actors.

Iskilipli Atif Hoca

68/100

Beloved Clara

56/100

A look at the lives of 19th-century composers Clara and Robert Schumann.

Carol I

70/100

The last days of the first romanian king, Carol I of Hohenzollern-Sigmaringen, and the tough decisions he had to make in the summer of 1914 in order to please both Romanian Parliament and his relatives from the German Empire.

The Aurora Encounter

45/100

A tiny alien lands in the small town of Aurora, Texas in the wild west. He flies around in his spaceship and checks out everything. While the kids are fascinated, their parents are rather ... See full summary »

Goodbye, Norma Jean

27/100

Aspiring actress Norma Jean Baker lives in squalor in the early '40s as she works at the munitions plant and dreams of being a movie star. Abused as a child and an adult, she lacks ... See full summary »

Goyo: The Boy General

79/100

The story of Gregorio 'Goyo' del Pilar, one of the youngest Generals during the Philippine-American War who fought in the historic Battle of Tirad Pass.

The Jewish Cardinal

65/100

The Jewish Cardinal tells the amazing true story of Jean-Marie Lustiger, the son of Polish-Jewish immigrants, who maintained his cultural identity as a Jew even after converting to ... See full summary »

Don't Waste Your Time, Johnny!

63/100

Babe

73/100

The story of Babe Didrickson, who won two gold medals in track and field at the 1932 Olympics and returned to become a world champion golfer, her battles to be accepted as a woman in a ... See full summary »

Mabo

71/100

Mabo tells the story of one of Australia's national heroes - Eddie Koiki Mabo, the Torres Strait Islander who left school at age 15, yet spearheaded the High Court challenge that overthrew the fiction of terra nullius.

A Gift of Love: The Daniel Huffman Story

59/100

Fifteen-year-old Daniel Huffman is a normal teenager with a passion for football and grand hope for a collage football scholarship. Raised by his grandmother Shirlee, the two have a warm ... See full summary »

Sada

67/100

The film follows the life of Sada Abe, who became a celebrity in 1936 after strangling her lover and slicing off his penis.

Pius XII.

62/100

Papacy of Pius XII focusing on years during World War Two.

Xuan Zang

58/100

During the Tang Dynasty's during the era of "Zhen Guan" (era name during rule of Emperor Taizong), the young Xuan Zang monk, in his quest for the knowledge in Buddhism, embarked on a ... See full summary »

Prince William

50/100

Prince William is the elder son of Britain's Prince Charles and if the late Diana, Princess of Wales. After his father, he is next in line to the British throne. A biography of his journey so far....

Incendiary Blonde

69/100

The life of boisterous entertainer Texas Guinan is recalled from her poor childhood with a down-on-his-luck father to her reign as the Queen of the Night Clubs. Along the way, she also ... See full summary »

Lauf um Dein Leben - Vom Junkie zum Ironman

59/100

He lived the junkie's life as a heroin addict. Triathlon transformed him. Biopic of the record breaking Ironman Andreas Niedrig.

Richard II

80/100

The incompetent King Richard II is deposed by Henry Bolingbroke and undergoes a crisis of identity once he is no longer King.

Follow the Sun

64/100

The inspiring film biography of the courageous champion golfer Ben Hogan.

Narcotic

40/100

As the opening scroll tells us, Narcotic was "presented in the hope that the public may become aware of the terrific struggle to rid the world of drug addiction." The movie itself is a ... See full summary »

Paparoti

70/100

Story about a gangster who wants to be a tenor singer in South Korea.

A Poet in New York

69/100

A look at Welsh poet Dylan Thomas's fatal visit to New York City, and his stormy relationship with his wife Caitlin.

Het bittere kruid

59/100

15 year old Sara, a Jewish girl living in the Netherlands during the German occupation slowly begins to realize the danger she and her family are in. When her parents are forced to move to ... See full summary »